Main publications

Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment?
Journal of Development Economics (2026)

with P. Carneiro, F. Tagliati and Y. Xia  |  Data and Replication  | Coverage: VoxDev

From Sea to Shore: The Impact of Ocean Acidification on Child Health
Journal of the European Economic Association (2025)

with I. Kim Taveras  |  Data and Replication  |  Teaching material  | Coverage: El Pais – Expresso – VoxEU

Religious Proximity and Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from a Mobile Phone-Based Campaign in India
Journal of Health Economics (2024)

with B. Augsburg, A. Bancalari and K. Kameshwara  |  Data and Replication  |  Coverage: Ideas for India – IGC

Measuring Corruption in the Field Using Behavioral Games
Journal of Public Economics (2023)

with A. Coutts, P. Vicente and I. Vilela  |  Data and Replication

Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
American Economic Review (2020)

with A. Coutts, P. Vicente and I. Vilela  |  Data and Replication  |  Coverage: El Pais – GlobalDev – AEA – Expresso

The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization
American Economic Review (2020)

with P. Atwell and J.F. Gomes  |  Data and Replication  |  Coverage: AEA – El Pais – RES

The Effect of Gender-Targeted Cash Transfers on Household Expenditures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
The Economic Journal (2020)

with O. Attanasio, P. Carneiro and V. Lechene  |  Coverage: Diario Exterior

Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers
The Economic Journal (2018)

with I. Almås, O. Attanasio and P. Carneiro  |  Coverage: VoxEU – RES – Apolitical – World Bank

Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea
Labour Economics (2017)

with P. Carneiro, A. Locatelli, S. Mihreteab and J. Keating

Other publications

Let's Call! Using the Phone to Increase Vaccine Acceptance
Health Economics (2024)

with M. Fracchia and P. Vicente  |  Coverage: IGC

COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Nature Medicine (2021)

with J.S. Solís Arce et al.  |  Coverage: Nature

Demand Drops and Innovation Investments: Evidence from the Great Recession in Spain
Research Policy (2018)

with P. Mendi

Working papers

Media Narratives and the Rise of Civil Rights

with P. Atwell, J.F. Gomes, G. Musillo and Y. Schenk  |  Other versions: CEPR 18207  |  Coverage: VoxEU

Public Service Delivery, Exclusion and Externalities

with B. Augsburg, A. Bancalari and M. Ghatak  |  Other versions: CEPR 18636  |  Coverage: El Pais – The Times of India - Hindustan Times – VoxEU – VoxDev

The Family According to the State: Modernization Ideals and Fertility Decline

with M. Richard and Y. Schenk  |  Other versions: CEPR 20852

On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique

with F. Mendonça, W.A. Sandholtz and P. Vicente  |  Other versions: CEPR 21450

Expectation Formation and Educational Investment: Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

with P. Carneiro, M. Mendel, A. Toppeta

Windows of Peace: the Effect of Ceasefires on Economic Recovery

with M. Marending, G. Vysotskaya  |  Other versions: WIDER WP 2023/35